Lord‚Äôs Day 1, 2009

I reioyced, when they sayd to me, We wil go into the house of the Lord. (Psalme 122:1)

THE CROSS AND THE CROWNHoratius Bonar (1808‚Äì1889)

NO blood, no altar now:

The sacrifice is o‚Äòer;

No flame, no smoke, ascends on high;

The Lamb is slain no more! But richer blood has flowed from nobler veins, To purge the soul from guilt, and cleanse the

reddest stains.

We thank Thee for the blood,
The blood of Christ, Thy Son;
The blood by which our peace is made,
Our victory is won;
Great victory o‚Äôer hell, and sin, and woe,
That needs no second fight, and leaves no
second foe.

We thank Thee for the grace
Descending from above,
That overflows our widest guilt,
The eternal Father‚Äôs love:
Love of the Father‚Äôs everlasting Son,
Love of the Holy Ghost, Jehovah, three in
One.

We thank Thee for the hope,
So glad, and sure, and clear;
It holds the drooping spirit up
Till the long dawn appear:
Fair hope! with what a sunshine does it cheer
Our roughest path on earth, our dreariest desert
here!

We thank Thee for the crown
Of glory and of life;
‚ÄôTis no poor with‚Äôring wreath of earth,
Man‚Äôs prize in mortal strife:
‚ÄôTis incorruptible as is the throne,
The kingdom of our God and his Incarnate
Son.

Psalme 119:1‚Äì8 (Geneva Bible) Aleph. 1 Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.

2 Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
3 Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
4 Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
5 Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
6 Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
7 I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
8 I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.

Grace be with you, and Peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.